The origin of emissive states of carbon nanoparticles derived from ensemble-averaged and single-molecular studies

Nanoscale

Volumn 8, Issue 29, 2016, Pages 14057-14069

  Demchenko, Alexander P ^a   Dekaliuk, Mariia O ^a  

^a PALLADIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

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OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CARBON NANO-PARTICLES; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; ENSEMBLE-AVERAGED; FLUORESCENCE PROPERTIES; LUMINESCENCE CENTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84979645545     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6nr02669a     Document Type: Article

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